Distant Galaxy Has 3 Supermassive Black Holes At Its Center

WochitJun. 27, 2014. 11:46 AM EST

Scientists have just discovered a distant galaxy with not one but three supermassive black holes ...
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Scientists have just discovered a distant galaxy with not one but three supermassive black holes at its core. The new finding suggests that tight-knit groups of these giant black holes are far more common than previously thought, and it potentially reveals a new way to easily detect them. Supermassive black holes millions to billions of times the mass of the sun are thought to lurk at the hearts of virtually every large galaxy in the universe.
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